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Ministry of Education

In research, Ministry of Education stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,187 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,885 of 10,443 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,145 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis — Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,631
of 28,054 · #5,051 all time
Rank in South Korea
#52
of 417
Research works
1.4k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Education known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,187 of 7,800 34.0%191 #2675
MedicineField #2,885 of 10,443 36.7%149 #5412
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,145 of 3,579 34.9%113 #2710
Physical SciencesDomain #4,240 of 12,888 28.5%199 #6203
Health SciencesDomain #3,988 of 11,982 36.7%161 #7081
Molecular BiologySubfield #928 of 2,175 36.1%75 #2030
Environmental ScienceField #1,857 of 3,551 31.0%78 #3147

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Education sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#2,675 #1,187
  2. Medicine#5,412 #2,885
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,710 #1,145
  4. Physical Sciences#6,203 #4,240
  5. Health Sciences#7,081 #3,988
  6. Molecular Biology#2,030 #928
  7. Environmental Science#3,147 #1,857
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Ministry of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 32.0 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.68× its world share, 113 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.85× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.21× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.41× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.74× its world share, 78 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Inflammation, Health Effects, Cardiovascular Disease, Nanoparticles, Epidemiology and Gene Expression.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress42▲ 4.5×53 topics
  2. Inflammation40▲ 3.3×71 topics
  3. Cancer36▲ 4.6×47 topics
  4. Epidemiology34▲ 1.51×91 topics
  5. Health Effects25▲ 7.2×16 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 3.9×33 topics
  7. Nanoparticles23▲ 3.1×23 topics
  8. Climate Change20▲ 1.31×50 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 3.8×21 topics
  10. Gene Expression17▲ 4.8×19 topics
  11. Public Health16▲ 1.91×29 topics
  12. Biomarkers16▲ 4.0×16 topics
  13. Immunotherapy15▲ 3.8×15 topics
  14. Mortality15▲ 4.6×12 topics
  15. Toxicity15▲ 5.9×18 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications14▲ 2.1×23 topics
  17. Reactive Oxygen Species14▲ 5.9×14 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy13▲ 4.0×18 topics
  19. Drug Delivery13▲ 4.1×11 topics
  20. Metabolism13▲ 4.3×26 topics
  21. Immunity12▲ 5.1×10 topics
  22. Environmental Exposure12▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Tumor Targeting12▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance10▲ 4.0×10 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 4.0×8 topics
  26. Particulate Matter10▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease10▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Innate Immunity9▲ 5.1×11 topics
  29. Photodynamic Therapy9▲ 7.1×3 topics
  30. Biogenesis9▲ 8.4×3 topics
  31. Air Pollution8▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Exposure Assessment8▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Fine Particulate Air Pollution8▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Epigenetic Regulation8▲ 6.4×6 topics
  35. Fluorescence Imaging8▲ 9.0×2 topics
  36. Human Health8▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Photothermal Therapy8▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Biomimetic Nanoparticles7▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Cancer Progression7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  40. Near-Infrared7▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals and RNA modifications and cancer.

Air Quality and Health Impacts: 8 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 7 fractional worksEffects and risks of end…6Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 6 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…5RNA modifications and cancer: 5 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 4 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…4Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …3Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 3 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisBiomedical EngineeringMolecular BiologyGenetics1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 works
  2. 2 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 5 works
  5. 5 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  6. 6 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 4 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available45.4%not open54.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors92.0%domestic only8.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.